Course Description
Varied approaches to art issues; practices relevant to art education. Must be taken during student teaching.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Completing a separate project, to be determined by mutual agreement between the professor and the student. Results will be presented in a written and/or oral form.
Athena Title
ISS AND PRAC
Corequisite
ARED 5460/7460
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The seminar, Issues and Practices in Art Education, parallels the student teaching experience with each week devoted to a particular issue of importance in contemporary schools. Topics will be addressed in relation to the students' day-to-day experiences during the student teaching experience. In this process, students will engage in reflection as a means of assessing professional development. Specifically, students will 1. analyze their teaching practices and present their organized instructional units as a compiled body of information, 2. consider, discuss, and analyze relevant and opposing views of teaching and learning as they are presented in seminars, 3. communicate with other preservice teachers and professional teachers in the context of analyzing and fine-tuning their use of teaching strategies and preparing for their professional careers as art teachers.
Topical Outline
Regularly scheduled seminars are held on campus and via WebCT and focus on topics central to the student teaching experience. Students prepare formal instructional units for both student teaching placements at the elementary and secondary levels.
Syllabus
Public CV